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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 26th March:—For our appraisement last week we brought forwards catalogue of 2330 bales, the…

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Hearken, Dubbo Farmers !

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

Mr. Watt, Acting Prime Minister, announces that the Commonwealth Government is prepared to offer 44 a bushel for next Reason's wheat, less the…

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Notes and Comments. Help for Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 3

Last week I referred to the inquisitorial process insisted on by the Government before assistance is given to farmers in necessitous circumstances--…

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Pastoral and Commercial. River Reports. Friday Morning

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

The Culgoa water which commenced to run into the Darling near Beemery on Tuesday last, reached Bourke on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. It is…

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Quick Turnover In Wool Record Prices

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 2

Winchcombe Garson Ltd. report.— The last published figures regarding the quantity of wool appraised in Sydney this season bear striking evidence…

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Sheep Dips

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 1

At a meeting some time ago of the Dubbo P.P. Board. Mr. T. M. Scott expressed the opinion that Australian- made sheep dips were not effective in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are [?] mainly on the experience of the Department. 411…

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Winter Fodder Crops. Four Points for Coastal Farmers

Western Age · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

In sowing winter fodder crops on the South Coast, says the Inspector of Agriculture for that district, the following conditions should be observed…

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The Orchard. the Cover Crops That Do Best. a Grower's Experience

Western Age · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

Discussing the subject of green manuring, to which lengthier reference was made in these columns a few weeks ago, the Assistant Fruit Expert related that…

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Live Stock. Mixed Farming . A Solution of Labor Problems

Western Age · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

The relation of five stock to fertility has ever been an important one. It is a generally accepted fact that the farms in a given community which have the…

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Dairying. Improved Pastures. Some Desirable Fodder Plants

Western Age · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 4

The question "Do you consider that natural [?] on your farm suitable for [?] all the year round, was recently discussed by the Windsor…

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Soldier Share Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 1

Owing to the impassibility of profit coming his way during the last four years, the share farmer has become almost extinct in the west, and as a…

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Our Farmers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 2

Mr. J. F. Fitzgerold's criticism of the Government's circumlocutory way of assisting farmer in necessitous circumstances (vide a recent issue of the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Sowing the Wheat Crop. Some Seasonable Hints

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 7

One of the most important points to which farmers can give attention in sowing the wheat crop is the proper covering for the seed. The remark was once…

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Commeri[?]. Wool Report

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 3

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 2nd April:—In accordance with the roster of ppraisements drawn up by the Central Wool Committee. no…

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1915-16 Wheat Pool

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 1

Mr. C. Coghlan, F.S.A. organiser, states that wherever he goes he is met with inquiries from fanners as to when the final payments in connection with…

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Notes and comments. Price of Wheat

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 4

Mr. Chas. Coghlan general organiser for the F. and S. Asociation who is now in Dubbo has just completed a [?] of the Canowindera and Cowra…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Western Age · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

These Noise are issued every week, under the persons supervision of the Hon, W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture and are used mainly on the experience of the Department No. [?]…

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Yellow Monolepta Beetle. a Pest of Maize Crops and Fruit Trees

Western Age · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

A small monolepta beetle with yellow body and legs and a bright cerise repatch on each shoulder and a single cerise spot near the middle of each wing…

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Dairying. Constructive Breeding. a Cow's Influence in a Milking Herd

Western Age · Tuesday 8 April 1919 · page 4

A good example of constructive breeding is lord by an officer of the Kentucky experiment station, U.S.A., in a recently purchased memorandum. In 1896 a Jersey…

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